affulgence
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Thy System rolls entire; from the far bourne Of utmost Saturn, wheeling wide his round Of thirty years; to Mercury, whose disk Can scarce be caught by philosophic eye, Lost in the near affulgence of thy blaze."
- "May the day-spring from on high once more visit the world in all its unadulterated affulgence, and Trinitarians, Arians, Socinians, and a thousand unscriptural denominations chaunt an unanimous Hosannah to the brightness of its rising."
- "The sun of righteousness arose, dispersed the clouds of darkness, and poured noonday affulgence into the dungeon of the tomb."
- "It is self-luminous because it shines from within and it does not derive its affulgence from external stimuli."
- "Night now gives place to the brightness of day, and amid its affulgence the world rolls on again to night, and each brings its incidents of life."
Usage
Inflected Forms
affulgences (plural)